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Learn what database connection pooling is, how it works under the hood, and why it is essential for building performant, scalable backend applications.
By Pratik Bhuite | 34 min read
Series: Database Fundamentals
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Learn what a database transaction is, how BEGIN, COMMIT, and ROLLBACK work, and when to use savepoints with clear SQL examples.
Series: Database Fundamentals
Learn what ACID properties mean in databases. Understand atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability with simple examples and real-world use cases.
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Series: Practical Backend Engineering
Learn how backend logging works, including log levels, structured logs, correlation IDs, security, and production debugging.
Series: Practical Backend Engineering
Learn what a message queue is, how producers and consumers work, and when to use RabbitMQ, SQS, or Kafka for async processing.
Series: System Design Foundations
Learn what a single point of failure (SPOF) is, why it brings down entire systems, and how to eliminate it with redundancy and failover.
Series: System Design Foundations
Learn what high availability means, how redundancy and failover work, and why uptime percentages like 99.9% matter for modern systems.
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